Why the Bible? (Religion)

by Carl, Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 02:24 (5706 days ago) @ David Turell

The low literacy rate of 1.5% to 3% could explain the absence of a written record by Jesus' followers until several decades after his death. There was no one to take notes. It's possible that Matthew, the tax man, might have had some rudimentary writing skills, but probably no one else did until the Christians began to attract an educated following. A question though, is when the Jews studied the Torah, was the Rabi and others able to read, or had they memorized passages.